Where does “alaraajahalvaus” come from?

alaraajahalvaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish halvaus, from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

alaraajahalvaus (Finnish): paraplegia

Definitions

  1. paraplegia

Ancestry of “alaraajahalvaus”, step by step

alaraajahalvaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish halvaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalvausparalysis; arrest; as in sydänhalvaus; stroke
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

via Finnish raaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraajalimb
2Proto-Finnicrakjalimb
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish halvaus →